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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
funny
fast-paced
An adorable story with lots of word play and rhyming. Would be great for a preschool aged story time!
Totally ADORED this book! I need to get scheduled for another storytime so I can read this one to a big group. So fun!
This would be more fun if Sean understood spelling! Also, even better if some of the vowel sounds stayed consistent like bear —> ear.
'If the S in Moose Comes Loose' by Peter Hermann, illustrated by Matthew Cordell, is a fun and adventurous story about a moose whose letters break apart, making it impossible for him to be who he is, while his cow friend hurries around trying to put him back together again. Playing with words is always fun, and showing children through a story like this how words are very adaptable based on just one letter gives the story an invigorating quality. Cow has to use his knowledge of what letters other words have to find the letters he needs to glue moose's letters back together. From searching for an "L" and finding a "lake" to exchanging the "L" for a "C" to make "cake," all the while trying to form the letters to make the word "glue," there is much fun to be had in Hermann and Cordell's story. Cow's insistence on making things right shows how the power of letters is not the only important theme at work in the story, as friendship and hard work are also quite evident.
Language, despite seeming easy when you know the words, can still be a mystery at times. 'If the S in Moose Comes Loose' proves that this is really true, and the fact that it is reminiscent of a similarly themed kids' show, Word World, makes it even more engaging through familiarity, for those who have both seen the show and read this book. Definitely recommended for young children, as they will be spelling out words and testing out sounds as they read.
Beth Rodgers, Author of 'Freshman Fourteen' and 'Sweet Fifteen,' Young Adult Novels
*Review originally posted at YABooksCentral.com*
Language, despite seeming easy when you know the words, can still be a mystery at times. 'If the S in Moose Comes Loose' proves that this is really true, and the fact that it is reminiscent of a similarly themed kids' show, Word World, makes it even more engaging through familiarity, for those who have both seen the show and read this book. Definitely recommended for young children, as they will be spelling out words and testing out sounds as they read.
Beth Rodgers, Author of 'Freshman Fourteen' and 'Sweet Fifteen,' Young Adult Novels
*Review originally posted at YABooksCentral.com*
Age: Kindergarten+
When the S and E fall off the word Moose, Cow goes on the hunt for glue. But with no glue around, Cow decides to spell it out by finding one letter at a time. An excellent read-aloud for practicing spelling and recognizing that words are made of smaller parts, like when Cow takes a 'b' from "bear chair" and it becomes "ear chair." Silly and playful and delightful.
When the S and E fall off the word Moose, Cow goes on the hunt for glue. But with no glue around, Cow decides to spell it out by finding one letter at a time. An excellent read-aloud for practicing spelling and recognizing that words are made of smaller parts, like when Cow takes a 'b' from "bear chair" and it becomes "ear chair." Silly and playful and delightful.
Wild story about spelling. Not sure how well it would go over in a story-time. May be good for kindergarten-aged listeners.
A SUPER funny wordplay book! Cow is the main character and keeps stealing letters to fix moose. Every time a letter is stolen the word changes along with the thing near the word. I caught myself laughing out loud a lot during reading this book. This would be a fun lower elementary read aloud but best on a one-on-one setting to SEE the words changing.
What happens when the s and the e come loose from Moose. What is cow to do? rhyming and fun- ages 4-8? hmm, perhaps at end of year for story time